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“Politically Engaged Scholars: Focus on Industrial-Scale Agriculture in California” with Daniel J. O’Connell & Scott J. Peters

In their new book, In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight Against Industrial Agriculture in California (New Village Press, July …

by Future U/ September 3, 2021/

“Reclaiming Higher Education from Corporate Capture” with Jasmine Banks, UnKochMyCampus, and Prof. Sharon Kirsch

Politically motivated donors are exerting undue influence on K-12 and higher education. UnKochMyCampus is responding by seeking to protect higher …

by Future U/ September 3, 2021/

NEWS BRIEFS: “You Can’t Make Me Get Vaccinated!” … Or Can You?

Will campus vaccination requirements hold?

by Future U/ September 2, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Deeper Dive into 2020 Census Data Reveals Troubling Pattern in Michigan’s Demographics

Michigan's population is rapidly aging, and few cities are attracting college graduates.

by Future U/ September 1, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: In a “New Normal,” Conventions from the “Old Normal” Just Won’t Do

A "new normal" is here.

by Future U/ August 31, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: With Grading These Days We “Perpetuate the Notion that Exceptional is Average and the Majority is Unique”

Nearly 50% of students graduate from high school with grades ranging from A- to A+.

by Future U/ August 30, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: History Reframed

Former President Carter's "An Hour Before Daylight" (2001) compels a response.

by Roger Barbee/ August 29, 2021/ Education, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: State Funding Pattern for U.S. Doctoral/Research Universities, 2002-19 … Down

Negative numbers for all13 Big Ten public universities--from <1% at Rutgers to Michigan State's -12.6%

by Future U/ August 28, 2021/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

Notes on the Assault of Critical Race Theory

Presented at America’s Struggle with Truth-Telling and Critical Race Theory (7-21-21).

by Ruben Martinez/ August 27, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: In “The Quantified Scholar,” Professor Pardo-Guerra Reveals How Metrics Influence Scholarship

"Slowly but surely, quantification systems reshaped academic departments, the interests of scholars, the organization of disciplines, and the employment conditions …

by Future U/ August 26, 2021/ Books, Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Infrastructure Spending, Administrative Bloat is Higher Education Storyline

Putting the cart before the horse is a higher ed storyline.

by Future U/ August 25, 2021/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

Education Is Compromised When Politicians Get Into the Act

North Carolina’s F.A.C.T. (The Fairness and Accountability in the Classroom for Teachers and Students) is an example. It is about …

by Roger Barbee/ August 24, 2021/ Education, Society/

NEWS REPORTS: New Report Identifies College Spending as Prime Reason for Inflated College Costs

"The relentless increase in institutional spending contributes little to student success but contributes significantly to student debt." 

by Future U/ August 23, 2021/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Netflix’s “The Chair” — Stick With It Until the End

Being an academic is not just something one does. It is very much who one is.

by Frank Fear/ August 22, 2021/ Film review, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Abolitionist’ Scholarship/Practice Applied to Higher Education

"We negotiate two paths at once--reckoning with universities’ complicity while creating an alternative."

by Future U/ August 21, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/